The opening leg of Diamond League has been moved from Rabat Morocco to Gateshead, England on May 23 according organizers.
Also to be changed is the Rome Golden Gala slated for June 10 will relocate to Florence from its traditional venue of Stadio Olimpico that is set to host European Championships.
At the same time, Oslo’s Bislett Games initially planned for June 10 has been postponed to July 1 due to local coronavirus restrictions in Norway where sporting activities have been suspended until mid-June.
The new date positions the Oslo meeting just three days before Stockholm’s BAUHAUS Galan on July 4, allowing athletes competing in both meetings to minimise travel around the Scandinavian events.
“This is an incredibly important year for our athletes as they prepare for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and less than a year later the World Athletics Championships Oregon22. Competition and training are two very different things so the Wanda Diamond League and our other one-day meetings around the world will give athletes the opportunity to qualify for events, earn World Ranking points and prize money and benchmark their performances against the competition they will face in Tokyo and then Oregon in 2022.
“We are all working hard, in extraordinarily difficult and fast changing circumstances, to deliver events for the athletes rather than cancelling them. I would like to thank all our meeting organisers and the Diamond League Board for everything they are doing to deliver what is promising to be a strong and much needed programme of competition from April through to the final event in Zurich in September. Their passion for the sport and flexible and collaborative approach to the challenges should be applauded,” said Diamond League Chair, Sebastian Coe.
2021 Diamond League calendar
Meeting date
- Gateshead May 23
- Doha May 28
- Rome/Florence June 10
- Oslo July 1
- Stockholm July 4
- Monaco July 9
- London July 13
- Shanghai August 14
- Eugene August 21
- China2 August 22
- Lausanne August 26
- Paris August 28
- Brussels September 3
- Zurich September 8-9